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Canal-Meadows (STILL NOT finally!)

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  • Started 10 years ago by SRD
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  1. jdanielp
    Member

    Surely not a coincidence so soon after the contraflow cycle lane was 'installed'? https://www.reddit.com/r/Edinburgh/comments/13m1kol/car_burns_out_in_tollcross/

    Posted 1 year ago #
  2. fimm
    Member

    https://twitter.com/fountainbridge/status/1661755269947195395

    This BMW driver objected to the cyclist heading the other direction, tried to force cyclist in to park cars by moving over to wrong side of road. Valleyfield Street.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  3. neddie
    Member

    There's to be a video survey on this next week. You know what to do...

    https://twitter.com/CllrScottArthur/status/1661830196058632192?s=20

    Posted 1 year ago #
  4. neddie
    Member

    Looks like there was surveying equipment going in tonight. On a lamppost, corner of Leven St and Valleyfield St

    Use it or lose it

    Posted 1 year ago #
  5. neddie
    Member

    Well the surveying equipment didn't last long.

    Seems to have disappeared today, with loads of cable ties still left wrapped round the lamppost - was it removed legitimately ???

    If so, it's pretty messy of the contractors (CLS) to leave plastic waste and visible eyesore on a brand new lamppost

    Posted 1 year ago #
  6. neddie
    Member

    Cyclist down on Leven Terrace. Hope they’re ok

    Posted 1 year ago #
  7. neddie
    Member

    The traffic counter equipment is back - rubber strip counters, one on Valleyfield, the other on Leven St

    I think they can discern between vehicle type and direction

    Posted 1 year ago #
  8. chdot
    Admin

    Not sure if this has been posted before -

    Meadows to Canal

    Frequently asked Questions.

    Q1 Why is this taking so long?
    In 2015 the Councils Transport departments went through a transformation. During this time staff numbers were reduced and statutory duties were prioritised over projects
    development. Since then a consultant has been appointed to collate the results from the previous consultation and take forward the design incorporating the 2014 feedback.

    https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/meadows-to-canal-cycling-and-walking-improvements/supporting_documents/FAQs%20%20Meadows%20to%20Canal%20Rev%20A.pdf

    Posted 1 year ago #
  9. toomanybikes
    Member

    Also from there

    "It is estimated that we will be on the ground in Spring of 2020."

    Posted 1 year ago #
  10. Morningsider
    Member

    An update on the Canal-Meadows project in this month's Transport and Environment Committee papers, including this belter:

    Due to the length of time that has passed since the 2019 public consultation, one of the initial activities will be to undertake a follow-up round of public consultation, based on current proposals. Following this, the statutory process for Traffic Orders required will be initiated. It is currently expected that construction work will commence in mid 2026, subject to there being no requirement for a Public
    Hearing for the Traffic Orders.
    A 'public hearing' must be held if one objection is made against a redetermination order and not withdrawn. What are the chances of no-one objecting to a cycle scheme in central Edinburgh?

    Assuming another years delay for a hearing, the scheme would probably open in 2028. That would be 13 years since this thread started - equivalent to an entire P1 to S6 school career.

    Posted 4 months ago #
  11. gembo
    Member

    It is a diabolical disgrace. Almost as if an elected member parked on this route/.

    Posted 4 months ago #
  12. acsimpson
    Member

    With TRO/RSO counting as a consultation what is the point in paying consultants to find out that some people really did prefer the 1960 and still don't understand why Edinburgh doesn't have city centre motorways

    Posted 4 months ago #
  13. Arellcat
    Moderator

    That would be 13 years since this thread started - equivalent to an entire P1 to S6 school career.

    To put it another way, someone who had started in P1 could by then actually be gainfully employed as a cycle trainer, teaching people how to cycle 'effectively' such that they would not need especial routes or infrastructure in order to cycle from the canal to the Meadows.

    Posted 4 months ago #
  14. gembo
    Member

    On south side of canal a very quiet street takes you to pedestrian crossing at cameo then just 200 metres of bad traffic until the left turn after the kings. So yes an 18 year old could train anyone to avoid trouble

    Posted 4 months ago #
  15. neddie
    Member

    Fed up of waiting... My kids and I just cycle carefully on the pavement for that 200m - I'm not taking them on the that street car-dominated-hellscape.

    If people think that cycling on the pavement is an injustice, the real injustice is the lack of freedom and independence for my children

    Posted 4 months ago #
  16. toomanybikes
    Member

    If only we had some real leadership to cut through the endless inertia

    Posted 4 months ago #

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